The idea of eating human flesh is abhorrent to mos... ...stories of people who survived starvation through cannibalism , there are a few that involved murder, although t... ...later. Read ten tales of desperation that led to cannibalism at How Stuff Works.

(Image: Orion Pictures)In his later years, Hannibal Lecter was a bit pudgy. Was it because of his diet? Possibly. Daniel Engber of Popular Science approached Dr. James Cole, a scholar on human origins at the University o...

The following is an article from The Annals of Imp... ...d population density, and to measure the rates of cannibalism . We postulated that the rates of cannibalism would be the same in groups of tadpoles exposed t... ...n each tank at weekly intervals, and observed for cannibalism...

Once I read that caption, I just had to post this image from Turning the Book Wheel, the tumblr blog of the Smithsonian Libraries. It’s an illustration by Theodor de Bry (1528-1598), a master engraver and illustrat...

Americans all learn in school that Jamestown, Virg... ...14-year-old girl that some colonists resorted to cannibalism .“The chops to the forehead are very tentati... ...d. The skeleton is the first physical evidence of cannibalism , although written records had described the grues...

Why do people turn to cannibalism ? There's desperation for food, and there are the... ...nd… well, in other times and other places, cannibalism has been used for other purposes, not all of them... ...purposes, not all of them nefarious.Non-survival cannibalism is a who...

Fifty years ago, Dr. Michael Alpers went to Papua... ...says Alpers, “No fighting, build roads, no cannibalism , no child marriage, and plant coffee. And they di... ...ion in Washington in 1967 “the argument for cannibalism — and I don’t use that term anymore,... ...children — be...

The renowned Smithfield Meat Market in East London is hosting a pop-up art installation sponsored by Capcom called Wesker & Son Resident Evil Human Butchery to promote the release of the game Resident Evil 6.Once at...

I'm glad you asked! No, it's not creepy and I don'... ...Malaria parasites can spread among mice through cannibalism and blood-drinking, and scientists think that the... ...sible that people could pick up tapeworms through cannibalism .
However, the biggest health threat tied to can...